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Corporal J W WILLIAMS

Service Number: 1256
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

1st (Lancs) Bty.

Date of Death

Died 05 September 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC

II. H. 22.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Wesley Williams and Mary E. Williams, of 50, Moorside, Fenham, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
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Buried or commemorated at

DIVE COPSE BRITISH CEMETERY, SAILLY-LE-SEC
Somme France
Number of casualties: 589
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